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And imo that's why what we do is an art as well as a science, with the rato of art to science varying game-to-game depending on circumstances IN any particular game. Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Billy. It's always a great holiday when the Dallas Cowboys are getting their l'il ol' butts schmucked. ![]() |
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Now how in the world did you know that I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan? And now you want to ruin my holiday by yanking my chain? The team of Roger Staubach, Tom Landry, and Calvin Hill? How can anybody not be a fan?
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Well... the fact that I live in New England, and not Texas, plays a big role for me.
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I used to go watch him play when I was in high school. We lived close enough to Yale Bowl that my friends and I could walk to, and from, the game from home, avoiding all the traffic. My mother was a Yale employee and got us discounted "cheap seats" behind the goal posts for only a few bucks. Great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
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How I Loved To Play Survivor In The Family Bomb Shelter ...
Yes indeed. I love to reminisce about my youth. It was a much simpler time. Oh the wonderful memories: The Six Days War; Berlin Wall; Watergate; Bay of Pigs; Cuban missile crisis; JFK, Malcolm X, Robert F. Kennedy, and MLK Jr. assassinated; Vietnam War; Racial bigotry; Fallout shelters.
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I've found this fascinating enough to register after many years of lurking. Thanks, Billymac, for all the work that's obviously gone into this.
I do have a question (or three), as in your introduction you said you used this with the college game, too. I don't know if you have any intention that this list work for NCAA rules or not, but I'd at least like to ask or point out these discrepancies I noticed in case someone reads it from that angle. If I've missed something painfully obvious, please forgive me! You stated that "the backboard has nothing to do with goaltending". The NCAA (4-34.3) says "When the entire ball is above the level of the ring during a field-goal try and contacts the backboard, it is considered to be on its downward flight. In such a case, it is goaltending when the ball is touched by a player." Also, for a 5 second violation, you said, "the count continues even if defenders switch". The NCAA (4-13.3) states "After the start of a five-second closely guarded count, in order for a closely guarded violation to occur, there shall be continuous guarding by the same opponent." Lastly, you said "a player saving the ball in the air can ask for and be granted a timeout even if that player is going out of bounds." NCAA (5-12.1.c) has "No timeouts shall be granted... to a player or coach when an airborne player’s momentum is carrying him/her out of bounds or into the backcourt." Again, I'm only pointing this out as you indicated you gave this presentation to college audiences, and these points didn't seem to mesh. Thanks. |
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The Tristate Area Of Hell ...
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What is the meaning of this word "schmucked" that both you, and Woody, from the NFHS Basketball Forum, have been using today? Is this some type of colloquial thing? Are you two from the same neighborhood in hell.
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Schmuck is most often used in American English as a pejorative or insult, meaning an obnoxious, contemptible person; one who is stupid, foolish, or detestable. The word is also used by many Jewish people across Europe with similar pejorative meanings. Variants of spelling and alterations include shmuck, schmo, and shmo.
Got the definition from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmuck_(pejorative)
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PS:Timerboy, I'm surprised you didn't reflexively mention the diminutive form; schmeckel
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Schmuck | Define Schmuck at Dictionary.com
schmuck [shmuhk] –noun Slang . an obnoxious or contemptible person. Origin: 1890–95; < Yiddish shmok (vulgar) lit., p£nis (of uncert. orig.) Schmekel's definition is of a small organ Quote:
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